Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is to respect other people by respecting their preferences.
Speaker 1: In other words, don't yuck a young Today's tip comes
Speaker 1: from something I have heard a number of folks who
Speaker 1: encourage adventurous eating tell children don't yuck somebody's yum. In
Speaker 1: other words, don't describe what someone else loves as gross.
Speaker 1: Allow people to enjoy what they enjoy, and if your
Speaker 1: opinion doesn't enhance their enjoyment, well you can just keep
Speaker 1: it to yourself. If you have been at a table
Speaker 1: with the or ten set recently, I don't have to
Speaker 1: tell you how quickly dinner conversation devolves after one child
Speaker 1: announces that something is gross. Perhaps another child might have
Speaker 1: been willing to try broccoli or fish or avocado or whatever.
Speaker 1: They might even find these things yummy, But when someone
Speaker 1: else deems the food gross, it is a lot harder
Speaker 1: to encourage exploration. So don't yuck someone else's yum. Just
Speaker 1: because you don't like a food doesn't mean that you
Speaker 1: need to share this opinion with the world. It turns
Speaker 1: out that this rule brings harmony to contexts besides the
Speaker 1: dinner table, and also not just for children. It is
Speaker 1: a good idea in life not to go around yucking
Speaker 1: other people's yums. In other words, when you are talking
Speaker 1: with someone, don't criticize a TV show, a book, a hobby,
Speaker 1: a style of clothing, a restaurant, or anything else that
Speaker 1: the person really loves. When you criticize something, and particularly
Speaker 1: if you're doing so in broad and dismissive ways, the
Speaker 1: people who like it may feel that they too are
Speaker 1: being criticized. Instead, let other people like what they like
Speaker 1: in peace, without deeming it the worst show ever to
Speaker 1: be broadcast, the most sappy novel ever to be written,
Speaker 1: and so forth. Now, obviously, sometimes you might be asked
Speaker 1: to weigh in with your thoughts on what is being discussed,
Speaker 1: and you certainly don't have to yum someone's yum if
Speaker 1: you don't like it. But you can make your answer
Speaker 1: more about your personal preferences than a broad declaration. Think
Speaker 1: phrases like oh, it's not my favorite, or it's not
Speaker 1: really the kind of show I watch, but I can
Speaker 1: tell you really like it. You won't turn small talk
Speaker 1: into hostile territory. And by not doing that, you will
Speaker 1: make the world a better place. So don't yuck a yum.
Speaker 1: Life can be tough enough. When people find pleasure in
Speaker 1: something harmless, best to let them have it. In the meantime,
Speaker 1: this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making
Speaker 1: the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to
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